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I am Never Riding BICOL ISAROG Bus Line Again!

I have always dreaded going to Bicol because of the long bus
ride.Lately,I heard they have good buses.Luxury couch kung luxury.The bus comes with it's own restroom too.So I
thought it's high time to experience the region.

Bought Luxury
Couch tickets via Isarog bound Naga for me,my wife and three other
friends.It was all good at first.I even thought if all provincial buses
are like this,traveling would be #fun.But fun turned into horror when
the bus was suddenly engulfed in smoke in the middle of South
Superhighway.The engine malfunctioned.We hurriedly got out
(panicky),scared it might explode or something.

I am Never Riding BICOL ISAROG Bus Again

We were all
relief that nothing serious happened and thankful this happened within
Metro Manila.Imagine if it were in the middle of Quezon Province or
somewhere remote?We also thought a replacement bus would come handy
since we were 30minutes away from their terminal in Cubao.

30
minutes,1hour,2 hours and no sight of the replacement bus.Stress
building.

30minutes standing along South Superhighway.
More than 2 hours total waiting for the bus replacement at Bicutan exit.

FAIL MOMENTS

The replacement bus finally arrived after almost
2hours waiting.An hour or so prior to that,our driver said the bus was
already on it's way.Ok,it took the bus an hour to navigate Cubao to
Bicutan exit at 11pm.Kalokohan!

Then,when we are about to leave,we
had to wait a few minutes more coz the driver seem to be having some
problem again.We learned that he is cautious to travel coz his driver's
license was with the towing company and the tow truck has already left
with his license in it.Nakalimutan nyang kunin.Fail!

To be
fair,he compensated for the lost time.We arrived in Naga City at exactly
7am.That means +/-7hrs from Alabang exit.The bad road network
especially somewhere in Quezon + the ordinary seats meant we were not
able to sleep well the entire duration of the trip.We were already
haggard even before exiting Manila and more so where we arrived in Naga.

Again,the bottom line is, glitches do happen.Machines do malfunction.I
understand perfectly that bus engines (or any engine for that matter) do
wear and tear.It could be forgiven.But the way Bicol Isarog Bus Line
handled the situation is not!

30 comments:

How sad, I can feel the stress of waiting of 2 hours just for the replacement bus to come. Well, incidents like this are preventable at most times. Sometimes we need to bring a lot of patience while traveling.

That is one lousy response to an emergency situation. I bet, that twitter handle is only for the show. A malfunctioning public transport vehicle that is suppose to deliver a safe public conveyance is surely an upset. I wonder if they check their units before a trip is being made.

Next time you'll go to Bicol, you should check Philtranco or Penafrancia. I think they have better coach or buses. Isarog is relatively new compared to Philtranco who has been in the transport business for a long time.7 hours from alabang to naga. Karerista yata driver niyo. Nakakatakot yung speed niyo. Good thing you arrived safely. Normally it takes 8-9 hours from Manila to Naga.

For those tourist who want to explore bicol, there are other bus company that offers luxury service besides bicol isarog like cagsawa travel and tours (the best based on my experience), dltb deluxe and philtranco.

i would recommend cagsawa.. that's the best bus company en route to bicol. the bus drivers are courteous and cautious.. the restaurants that are their stop overs are relatively nice plus the restrooms are clean..